Happy Thanksgiving!
Just a quick recipe today as Sue and I are busy preparing the Thanksgiving feast. We are having it at Sue's house this year instead of out at our Aunt and Uncle's farm.
Last year I made some fun cheese ball cheese turkeys so this year I decided to make a different variation.
You have to have a bit of patience to make these but they really are very simple.
Hope you are all having a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend!
Mini Cheese Ball Turkeys
Ingredients
8 oz Philadelphia cream cheese, room temp
1 pkg cheese ball dip - your favorite
(I used Parmesan Garlic from Sunset Gourmet)
1 cup finely chopped pecans
thinly sliced carrots
slivered almonds
orange cheese
dried cranberries
Directions
Mix together the room temp cream cheese and the package of cheese ball dip until well combined. Using a small cookie scoop (approx 1 Tbsp) scoop cream cheese into balls.
Roll each ball in the finely chopped pecans.
Here is where the having some patience part comes in....
Stick 4 - 5 of the finely sliced carrot sticks into the back of each ball to form the tallest part of the tail.
In front of the carrots, place 4 -5 of the slivered almonds.
Cut a slice of cheese into small triangles. Stick a small triangle on each ball as the beak.
Cut the dried cranberries into small circles. Place 2 small circles above each beak.
**Note** - If you need some help sticking the eyes and beak onto the cheese balls you can use a toothpick to dab a teeny bit of mayo or cream cheese onto the eyes/beak and that will help it stick better.
There you have it!
Cutest cheese balls ever.
Now you have 2 choices for mini turkey appies this year. You can go with these guys...or the ones we made last year - here's a pic so you can see how cute they were too!
Either way, you end up with a cute appetizer that will have your guests thinking you are amazing!
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